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jeron131-Jan-22 10:20

31-Jan-22 10:20

RedDk wrote:
he can contextually right-click using his mouse

Which is made slightly more difficult by the fact that he's down a couple of fingers due to his less than safe habit of holding onto fireworks as they explode.

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RedDk31-Jan-22 10:59

RedDk

31-Jan-22 10:59

True story:

Dad stored some firecrackers in a moving box in the attic (I know, right? Hot/going off/burning down the house/etc?) and when I was 8 or 9 I found them. And I stole a few packs, as I recall because there were actually quite a few of them, reasoning that they'd never be missed. And, being in cohutes with the local gang of kids my age decided this discovery was not only cool but lucrative so I decided to sell some and, as I recall others actually bought them from me.

One morning, at the busstop, standing among about a dozen kids waiting to be picked up and driven to school, some packs made an appearance ... then a match or two ... and suddenly firecrackers were going off. In the ensueing audible melee the flicking of the lit firecracker culminated in one sizzling and blue-printed (one doesn't forget things like this being the active flicker) landed on this girl's shoulder ... r-i-g-h-t ... u-n-d-e-r ... h-e-r ... E-A-R! For some reason, perhaps deus ex machina perhaps her quick reflexes perhaps someone elses quick reflexes I don't recall exactly, the firecracker ended up on the ground before it detonated.

I came this close to paying dearly for blowing off someone's ear if not at least permanently deafening them. Which, now that I think about it, could never top doing something as heinous as the other thing that almost happened around that same time in my life, growing up ...

jeron131-Jan-22 11:21

31-Jan-22 11:21

While not a firework story, when I was 8 or 9, my best friend found a .22 blank cartridge. We looked at it closely and in our infinite pyromaniac wisdom thought if we held a match to it, that it would 'fizz', like when you break a firecracker in half and light the exposed gunpowder. Well that didn't exactly happen, it exploded about 18 inches away from our faces. Somehow, the shrapnel did not hit our eyes. We were picking small bits of metal out of our arms for a couple of days. Never had a yearning to play with fireworks after that...

RedDk31-Jan-22 11:42

RedDk

31-Jan-22 11:42

jeron1 wrote:
shrapnel did not hit our eyes

Technically, not schrapnel, but nails (in the leather pocket of a Wristrocket) released and flying downhill across the slope of a hill for about 50 yards through trees and such ... make such a sweet singing noise ... oops. (PHEW! (more than deux))

jeron131-Jan-22 11:53

31-Jan-22 11:53

Ah, the sheer amount of luck we experience sometimes (mostly seen in hindsight)!

Jörgen Andersson31-Jan-22 22:31

Jörgen Andersson

31-Jan-22 22:31

I was one of those kids that took apart everything I could get my hands on, to learn how it works.

My father, being a pragmatic man, realized it was only a matter of time before I started to fiddle around with more dangerous stuff, decided to teach me how to handle explosives and guns in a safe way.
In hindsight that was probably one of the best decisions he made.

Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello

jeron11-Feb-22 3:51

Combination coding problem

1-Feb-22 3:51

My dad, though a marksman in the Marines, didn't like guns. He just happened to be real good with them. We never had a gun in the house, I didn't know a cartridge from my a$$. I was extremely fortunate not to be seriously injured that day.

mmh133331-Jan-22 6:23

31-Jan-22 6:23

I have a coding problem that is hard to solve

Given an array of positive integers arr[900, 800, 700, 600, 500, 90, 80, 70, 60, 50, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1] anda sum 3400, find all unique combinations in the arr[] where the sum is equal to 3400. The same repeated number may be chosen from arr[] at most 5 times or thereafter x times-multiple(number), or excluded if not possible. Elements in a combination (a1, a2, …, ak) must be printed in non-descending order. (ie, a1 <= a2 <= … <= ak). 
The combinations themselves must be sorted in ascending order, i.e., the combination with smallest first element should be printed first. If there is no combination possible the print "Empty" (without quotes).

Examples: 

Input : arr[] = 2, 4, 5, 6, 8 
            x = 10
Output : [2, 2, 2, 2,2]
         [2, 4,4]
         [4, 6]
         [5,5]

the challenge in this problem is to list the numbers or exclude them for the large sum when there is small numbers like 2, 4, 5

modified 1-Feb-22 10:19am.

Mike Hankey31-Jan-22 6:33

Mike Hankey

31-Jan-22 6:33

Hmmm, it seems homework hasn't changed much over the years.

The less you need, the more you have.

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PIEBALDconsult31-Jan-22 6:33

PIEBALDconsult

31-Jan-22 6:33

Even if you were to post this in a the correct place, we won't do your homework for you.

What about [ 2 , 2 , 2 , 4 ] and [ 2 , 8 ] ?
Where did [ 4 , 6 ] come from?

ElectronProgrammer31-Jan-22 7:31

ElectronProgrammer

31-Jan-22 7:31

PIEBALDconsult wrote:
Where did [ 4 , 6 ] come from?

Maybe that is what makes it "hard to solve"?!?

Because the OP clearly understands the problem (as demonstrated by the rest of the example). Or maybe I am the one not understanding something Confused | :confused:

mmh13331-Feb-22 4:26

1-Feb-22 4:26

yah! focusing on the example to get a hint is a way of the novice, good try!

Rick York31-Jan-22 8:01

Rick York

31-Jan-22 8:01

I think 2+4 is 6, from [2,4,4].

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mmh13331-Feb-22 4:23

1-Feb-22 4:23

Its an example.....recursion and backtracking would ring the bell not loudly!

PIEBALDconsult1-Feb-22 4:56

PIEBALDconsult

1-Feb-22 4:56

That's not how coding specs work.

Rick York31-Jan-22 8:03

Rick York

31-Jan-22 8:03

Questions about programming should be posted in the Q&A section for the language required.

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MarkTJohnson1-Feb-22 2:20

MarkTJohnson

1-Feb-22 2:20

Normally we'd point to the Lounge Rules post at the top of the page, but it's missing.

Where'd it go?

Also dude, if you don't have the mental determination to work out your own problems, I'm not sure that this would be the career for you.

I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.

mmh13331-Feb-22 4:40

1-Feb-22 4:40

This is a valid discussion topic; I didn't post the codes here.. I don't claim to be the master of the art...and about mental determination how about you come up with your own coding reality instead of learning others' work and boasting to be its master...

Pile of dead mice...

dandy7231-Jan-22 4:18

dandy72

31-Jan-22 4:18

I've always been a big fan of Microsoft's original Intellimouse from decades ago. When they stopped making them for (IMO) worse models, I feared the day my last one would die. Fortunately a few years ago MS has started making them again - same shape, same feel, same buttons in the same location. This is all important to me, so I figured I'd be smart and buy enough so I have a stack of spares that would outlast me. Given how long the previous ones lasted, I figured I'd have plenty buying a set of 5 of them. That was probably 3-4 years ago.

This morning I've switched over to my last spare.

There's 2 that are hooked up to systems I use constantly.

Of the three that went bad:

One suddenly had the pointer stuttering - jumping all over the place - on both X and Y axis.
The other two - including one I replaced this morning - has had the scroll wheel go bad. I'd scroll down one "tick" (if you wanna call it that), it would do it but then scroll back up again by 2 or 3 ticks. Incredibly annoying when you're trying to read through - well, anything that need scrolling through.

I'm unimpressed. I'll (eventually) take the time to open them up and clean them as best I can, but none of my (much) older generation ones ever even needed any sort of cleaning. The last one lasted longer than this entire set I bought all at once.

Not seeking any response. Just saying I'm annoyed at buying multiples of something that should outlast me, and turns out all need to be replaced after such a short amount of time.

OriginalGriff31-Jan-22 4:32

OriginalGriff

31-Jan-22 4:32

Yeah. I have a Logitech Trackman Wheel - and it's at least ten years old, more probably over 20, I can;t remember back that far.

It's on it's third left-button microswitch (and easy job to replace if you can solder) and it's looking used where I've rubbed the textured surface smooth with my hand over the years.

But ... it's still working as well as the day I bought it. Which I can't say for any hardware I've ever bought with the MS logo on it. Sigh | :sigh:

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Daniel Pfeffer31-Jan-22 6:07

Daniel Pfeffer

31-Jan-22 6:07

Of course your mice die - you've got a cat in the house. $Shucks | :-\$

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ElectronProgrammer31-Jan-22 4:50

ElectronProgrammer

31-Jan-22 4:50

Like you, I am annoyed with mice.

I too have a lot of dead mice from multiple brands. Most died still in warranty but the manufacturers say that they will not fix or replace them because they were damaged by "over using"!

dandy72 wrote:
I'd scroll down one "tick" (if you wanna call it that), it would do it but then scroll back up again by 2 or 3 ticks

This is one of the most common problem I have. That and the "ghost scroll" where it moves up and down without anyone even touching the mouse. I have tried cleaning the mice and no joy Sniff | :^)

The other problem I usually have is the left button just stops clicking. It is like the 5 million clicks of lifetime expectancy wore off in less than two years.

Like I recently said in a post here, I still use a serial HP two button ball mouse (or it's PS/2 sibling) when I go on the field because it is the most durable mouse I have, and works in every surface. It has been drowned, run over, drop from heights, etc. Except some scratches, still works as new and it is 28 years old OMG | :OMG:

. Just clean it and go. The only downside is the lack of scroll wheel.

kmoorevs31-Jan-22 5:24

kmoorevs

31-Jan-22 5:24

I reluctantly recently switched from a corded MS Comfort to a Bluetooth MS mouse of some kind...no model or name anywhere, just 'Made in China'. Sigh | :sigh:

Anyhow, I'm learning to live with constant episodes where it becomes unresponsive. If I know where the cursor is, I just have to wait a few seconds. It's the times where I don't see it and wind up frantically moving the mouse around trying to find it that irritate me most...that and when the scroll just stops working sporadically...likely the same issue.

I'll eventually try another one and consider this one a waste of money. D'Oh! | :doh:

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fgs196331-Jan-22 5:32

fgs1963

31-Jan-22 5:32

I use a cheap-ish Logitech keyboard (solar) and mouse (2x AA batteries last about a year) that share a USB dongle. Both work great and have for years... just sayin'. Wink | ;)